Changes in Consistency of Educational Ideas Attributable to Student-Teaching Experiences

area least challenged in teacher education.&dquo;’ On the other hand, there does not seem to be &dquo;... strong research evidence regarding the value of student teaching.&dquo;2 Although the desirability of student teaching is not often questioned by educators, critics, or students, studies of the value of this training are often based upon opinions rather than upon observable changes in behavior. From the studies which have been made of teacher be-